B.A. (Hons.) in Sociology (Comparative Bengali) 

at St. Xavier's College Kolkata, Park Street

The admissions for various courses is open at the official website, i.e., St Xavier's College Kolkata. However, the last date of Application for B.A. in Mass Communication (Hons.) was on 12 Feb 2024. The last date of the online application and payment of application fee will be notified later. Aspirants are advised to visit the official website to know more. 

The college has not released the course-wise salary package offered for the year 2023. However, NIRF report 2023 is available. The table below showcases course-wise median package offered in the last three years:

Particulars	Statistics (2020)	Statistics (2021)	Statistics (2022)
UG (3-year)	INR 5 LPA	INR 5.5 LPA	INR 5.8 LPA
PG (2-year)	INR 5 LPA	INR 5.75 LPA	INR 6 LPA
PG- Integrated (5-year)	INR 5 LPA	INR 5.5 LPA	INR 6 LPA

As per the NIRF report 2023, a total of 25 out of 52 PG-Integrated (5-year) students were placed during placements 2022. The table below showcases total students and students placed recorded in the last three years:

Particulars	Statistics (2020)	Statistics (2021)	Statistics (2022)
PG-Integrated (5-year)
Total students	60	80	52
Students registered	31	25

St. Xavier's College, Kolkata faculty is comprise of very good professors, mentors and assistants who have a large number of years in their portfolio, working as professionals of their chosen industry. Some of the prominent faculty members of St. Xavier's College has been mentioned in the table below:

Faculty Name	Qualifications
Prof. Sankar Das | Assistant Professor	MCA from MMM Engineering College, UP in 1992 MTech (IT) from Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) in 2009 Worked as Full-time Lecturer in Computer Science in ICE (I) presently Techno India Group from 1992-1996. Also, worked as a visiting guest lecturer at the Department of Computer Science, R.K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur.
Dr. Romit S. Beed | Associate Professor	MSc (CS) from the University of Calcutta MTech (CSE) from the University of Calcutta PhD (CS) from Assam University

St. Xavier's College Kolkata has been rated 3.6 on placements on the basis of 549 reviews done by students. In St. Xavier's College Kolkata, 2310 students were admitted in year 2016-17, out of which 1740 graduated in 2018-19. From this, 505 qualified students got placed with a median salary of INR 550000 and 1211 students got selected for higher studies. In year 2017-18, 2170 students were admitted, out of which 1622 graduated in 2019-20. From this, 520 qualified students got placed with a median salary of INR 500000 and 1089 students got selected for higher studies. In year 2018-19, 2170 students were admitted, out of which 2085 graduated in 2020-21. From this, 523 qualified students got placed with a median salary of INR 550000 and 1545 students got selected for higher studies.

Yes, St. Xavier's College Kolkata has many types of scholarships to support the students in their educational task and mainly from the economic fringes. The Late Rukmini Devi Goenka Scholarship, Smt. Panna Devi Kanoi Scholarship, and Smt. Kamala Devi Budhia Scholarship represent a few of them. It has a clear view of promoting academic excellence and building a culture of inclusivity in the institution. It also encourages the students to avail themselves of government scholarships. With financial aid and counselling, St. Xavier's College makes sure that the doors to quality education remain open to all and turn their academic and professional goals into reality.

St Xavier's University has a good record of placements for courses like MBA, Bcom, M.Com and BMS, etc. In 2024, the the highest and average package offered to MBA students during St Xavier's University placements in 2024 stood at INR 12 LPA and INR 8 LPA,  respectively. Further, the participating recruiters placed 60 MBA students,  18 MA Mass Comm,  12 MA English,  14 MCom, 36 BCom and 26 BMS students during St Xavier's University placements in 2024. The the highest and average package offered to MA Mass Comm students in 2024 was INR 5 LPA and INR 4 LPA, respectively. The the highest and average package offered to MA Economic students in 2024 stood at INR 6.5 LPA and INR 5 LPA, respectively. The top recruiters of St Xavier's University in 2024 included EY, PwC, Deloitte, Genpact, Exide, Capgemini, Tresvista, KPMG, Edelweiss, Planet Spark, SVF, Axis Bank, Policy Bazaar, etc.